The Effect of Cereal and Grass Management on Staphylinid (Coleoptera) Assemblages in South-West Ireland

Good, J. A.; Giller, Paul S.

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“…Omalium caesum Gravenhorst dominant in Hungary was captured in our study in the grassy ridge and was very abundant in the oak forest. Staphylinid taxocenoses established in orchards of remote countries or in other habitats were not similar to taxocenoses of our study (Pietraszko & DeClercq 1978;Good & Giller 1991;SobolevaDokuchaeva et al 2002;Juen et al 2003;Balog et al 2011). Th is was caused by the presence of species not established in this study or by preference of common species to diff erent habitats.…”

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Rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in an apple orchard

Honěk¹,

Kocian²,

Martinková³

2012

Plant Prot. Sci.

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Honk A., Kocian M., Martinková Z. (2012): Rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in an apple orchard. Plant Protect Sci., 48: 116-122.Many rove beetle (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) species are carnivorous. Despite their positive role in the biological control of agricultural arthropod pests rove beetles are relatively poorly studied in general, and little is known about their habitat associations including their occurrence and seasonal activity in the apple-orchard environment. In 1994, abundance and composition of adult staphylinid taxocenosis was established in a 12-years-old apple orchard at Prague-Ruzyně, and compared with taxocenoses inhabiting nearby grassy ridge, winter wheat field and forest. The staphylinids were collected throughout the vegetation season using unbaited pitfall traps. Staphylinid activity was highest in the apple orchard where 28 species were established in the total sample of 1238 individuals. Dominant species Drusilla canaliculata (F.), Ocypus nero semilanatus Müller, Dinarea angustula (Gyllenhal) and Oxytelus insecatus Gravenhorst together represented 93% of the total sample. The former two species dominated also the taxocenosis of grassy ridge and could disperse to the orchard from surrounding swards. Most established species are polyphagous predators or parasitoids that might contribute to the biological control of some orchard pests.

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Rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in an apple orchard

Honěk¹,

Kocian²,

Martinková³

2012

Plant Prot. Sci.

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“…Application of dimethoate insecticide resulted in a reduction in species richness in cereals, but no effect was evident from the use of the funplcide propiconazole. Overall, rapid recolonisation in heterogeneous landscapes, as in this study, lessened the perceived impact of disturbance factors (Good and Giller 1991).…”

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“…Good and Giller (1991) examined the effects of different cereal-and grass-management regimes on summer staphylinid assemblages in hay meadows, lightly grazed pastures, silage fields, spring cereals and winter cereals with routine pesticide applications. Large differences in staphylinid assemblages occurred between undisturbed meadows and pastures (without cultivation, cutting, heavy grazing or fertiliser use) and disturbed silage fields and cereals.…”

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An Insight Into the Impact of Arable Farming on Irish Biodiversity: A Scarcity of Studies Hinders a Rigorous Assessment

O’Brien¹,

Spillane²,

Meade³

et al. 2008

Biology & Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Acade

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“…For staphylinids, this may be because of the difficulty in identifying individual species (Eyre, 1998). In Ireland, Good & Giller (1991) recorded up to 15 common staphylinid species in cereals and grassland from pitfall trapping and D-vac sampling. In the present study, the dominant staphylinid species, T. signatus, was more abundant in conventionally managed systems, in contrast to P. melanarius.…”

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Diversity and abundance of the coleopteran fauna from organic and conventional management systems in southern England

Shah

Brooks

Ashby

et al. 2003

Agri and Forest Entomology

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1 Studies of the epigeal coleopteran fauna on five pairs of organic and conventional farms were carried out between May and July 1994 in southern England using pitfall trapping. A total of 27 749 individuals and 140 species were identified. Overall, abundance of Coleoptera was greatest on organically managed farms. 2 Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and staphylinid beetles (Col. Staphylinidae) formed 79.7% and 16.7%, respectively, of the total catch. Pterostichus melanarius was the dominant carabid among the 45 species captured and significantly higher numbers were found in organic farms. Tachinus signatus was the most common of 44 staphylinid species, and was significantly more abundant on conventional farms. 3 For carabids, the log-series a diversity index was higher on conventional farms but was not statistically different from that calculated for organic farms. The a index was identical for staphylinid species from organic and conventional farms. Diversity was significantly higher from conventional farms when data were combined for all of the recorded coleopteran species. 4 From this study, it appears that the main effect of farming practice is to influence the overall abundance and dominance of particular species, and the lower diversity of organic farms is a consequence of the large increase in dominance of a single species, namely P. melanarius.

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The Effect of Cereal and Grass Management on Staphylinid (Coleoptera) Assemblages in South-West Ireland

Cited by 36 publications

References 18 publications

Rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in an apple orchard

Rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in an apple orchard

An Insight Into the Impact of Arable Farming on Irish Biodiversity: A Scarcity of Studies Hinders a Rigorous Assessment

Diversity and abundance of the coleopteran fauna from organic and conventional management systems in southern England

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